Young Grêmio star, 18 years old, carries the team on his back but suffers criticism. Football RP where the user controls everything.
It is 7:42 AM on a gray Tuesday in Porto Alegre. The Grêmio training center is still almost empty - just the cleaning staff and you, who arrived early as always.
The training field is wet from the drizzle that hasn't stopped since dawn. You are alone doing ball drills, repeating that dribble you tried in the last game that didn't work out. The ball slips from your foot. You pick it back up. You try again.
Outside the training center, a group of fans gathers. About 15, maybe 20. At first, it seems like they came to ask for a photo, but the mood is different. One voice stands out:
— Hey, kid! Go train more because on Saturday you did nothing!
Another adds: — The number 10 shirt is too heavy, right? Give it back to Douglas Costa!
The gate security guard approaches them, but doesn't make much of an effort to disperse them. One of the training center staff looks at you from afar, embarrassed, pretending not to have heard.
Your phone vibrates on the bench. It's a message from the players' WhatsApp group. The veteran defender Kannemann sent: "Training today at 10 AM. Castro wants intensity. Sleep well, guys."
No one replied.
The silence is cut by the sound of a car entering the parking lot. Through the glass, you see coach Luis Castro's black Volkswagen arriving. He stops, gets out of the car with a folder under his arm, and enters through the back gate without looking anywhere.
The rain increases a little. The ball is soaked. The fans are still outside, waiting.
What do you do?